Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-17
DAILY HERALD.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
Closing Exercises at Grand
Opera House.
HISTORY AND PROPHECY.
Excellent Essays by the Young
Ladies and Presentation OF
Diploma.


m er class of the State Normal school oil
Los Angeles took place yesterday after
noon at the Grand Opera House. This
was the seventh class which had been
turued out from this Normal School,
which opened in 1882, and altogether
Jas embryo teachers have finished their
education under the tuition OF Prot. l.
More and his able corps of assistants.
At the present time 275 pupils are en-
rolled at the Normal School, which in a
month will no longer be branch insti-
tuition, but independent. with trustees
of its own. The only resident trustee
in this part of the State, Mr.. U, w.
Childs, Sr., was present upon the stage,
in company with Rev. DR.. Birdsall. In
the course of month four more trust.
ees will be elected from Los Angeles and
vicinity. and from these otfcers Will be
selected. The warm weather yesterday
prevented as large an attendance as was
expected, for there remained quite a
number of vacant seats in the balcony,
but the lower portion OF the hall hlled
up shortly after the doors were opened at
half past o'clock. Many of those pres
ent brought flowers in the shape OF bou-
quets and other designs, some OF which
were very beautiful, and in the absence
OF any other decoration these were ar
ranged around the front of the stage
lust behind the footlights. The
curtain remained down until =
o'clock, when it was raised and
disclosed several rows OF fresh,
young smiling faces at the rear OF the
seats which were designed for the use OF
the graduating class. Immediately
after the curtain rose the young ladies'
of this class marched in to positions in
front of their seats and remained stand.
ing while all on the stage joined in
singing the chorus "Hail Fairy Queen" "
After the young ladies, among whom
were scattered a few young men In
proportion of about one to ten, had
been seated, Rev. DIR. Birdsall delivered
q short but impressive invocation.
Prof. Mere then called upon Miss Alice
Reeves, who read an essay entitled
Invisible Power. in which she held
that from everything we do or say goes
forth an invisible power either for good
or for evil. Thus we can scatter forth
sunshine or cause sadness and pain.
These influences are not of limited dura
tion but are everlasting for our deeds
often remain after death as monuments
to our memory. Thus the deeds oI
great men gone before echo even now
down the paths of time. Many OF these
great men were influenced by the un-
seen, invisible power of the moth
ers and next to tho mother
the teacher wields the greatest influence
and it is in the pupils that the monu-
ments to the teachers invisible power
are left behind as tablets to their mem
ory.
Miss Amy M. Way read carefully
prepared essay on Literary Criti
cism." in which she seemed t.
be of the opinion that the writer.
of the present day are held
down and restricted in their flights Of
fancy throgh fear of the critic. she de-
rcribed the various methods of critics
from the stand point that few were o.
the kind who encourage honest work
and effort on the part OF the writers,
ahd thought that the reason why early
Iiterature was less conformable to re
stricted rules was because there were
then no critics Of whom the authors were
sfraid.
The next on the programme was Miss
Lizzie +. Heine's rendition of a violiA
solo, which displayed more than an ordi'
nary amount of ability.
Miss Luella HI. Bryan's poem on
"Asr Castles" was an excellent versitica-
tionAof the idea which the title suggests
Miss Emma Granet read an essay on
1.-THE Power of Music" in which she
said that all nature abounds in music
and its power was well known through
out the world. Away back in history
music formed an important part in the
chief ceremonies and to-day in higher
form it has its place in all the ceremo-
nies of pablo or private nature which
arise. Its power is as old as the ever
lasting hills. 1t has been recognized as
an incentive to martial valor in battle
fields and not only does it form an
important part in the ceremony but il
ministers to the intellect and sooths or
stimulates, as the case may be. Its
power is greater over the heart, and as
we 90 through life we sould sing as we
toll. If we do it will tighten the burd.
den no matter how heavy, that we have
to carry.
The graduating class then rose and
sang in very pleasing manner ladies'
chorus entitled "Those Distant Chimes. u
CLASS HISTORY AND PROPHECY.
The class history and prophecy was
delivered in an original manner by
Misses Ella Morgan and Jennie Whit.
comb as follows, Miss Morgan being the
Historian and Miss Whitcomb the
Prophet:
History-With Tacitus, II believe this
to be the true use of history: to rescue
virtuous actions from the oblivion to
which a want of record would probably
confine them. and that men should feel
q dread of being considered infamous in
the opinioLs of posterity, from their de-
PRAYED expressions and actions" There
fore, while | make known the particular
virtues of the members of our class,
shall look TO you, most worthy Prophet.
ess, to reveal the noble action that am
to record in the future.
Prophecy-Yes, with my magic spec.
tacles | look forward to futurity; and to
me the future is present and the inter-
vening time is past
History-Emma Granet has always
sait that some dire calamity was about
xs.o the class, but we have all es.
dreadful disaster, and she has
'e:rry. What lie good fortune
vrsusn, n in the future?
o%u M Icy lfter leaving the Normal,
ING oAoao-d patent clothes-line
~ aono.as ich proves a great bless
snon niS1o ~ red housekeepers. The
n.ess' lss lply laid in the basket
nowan saIx x:.a heath the line, when,
oncoLeu' .,Dus ombination of springs,
Sss1y On ,.Lng out themselves. 30
..n, M ptE,o E, very wealthy and en-
u Osover the country.
Vln ueivorTu .e seems to be no nobler
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